{"product_id":"antidote-to-venom-9781464203794","title":"Antidote to Venom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crofts makes great use of the 'inverted mystery' structure (he was among the first to employ the technique) in which the traditional whodunit is turned on its head, with the reader following the murderer through temptation and commission and then watching the detective sort through the sparse clues.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e STARRED review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Surridge's debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality--and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ingenious crime novel, with its unusual 'inverted' structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. The elaborate means of murder devised by Crofts's characters is perhaps unsurpassed in English crime fiction for its ostentatious intricacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition is the first in several decades and includes an introduction by the award-winning novelist and crime fiction expert Martin Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464203794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Freeman Wills Crofts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058705031349,"sku":"9781464203794","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_493e51ab-d447-42e8-ab06-5af32a302c39.jpg?v=1738078148","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/antidote-to-venom-9781464203794","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}